BAJAN WAY OF LIFE

Locals in Barbados mostly make their living from tourism and sugar cane, or rum production. And practically everybody is everybody’s friend. They are exremeley friendly, helpful and humane.

I adored the schoolboys and girls clothed in decently elegant uniforms, who didn’t mess their different colour skirt (school by school) but always white shirt even by the end of the day. I really liked it, the uniforms-wearing had some togetherness smell.

I envied the pupils returning home after school, who run to the beach to surf with absolute naturalism or the adults who lived their second childhood using their model ships.

I watched with a smile on my face the cleaning lady’s muttering, she must have been arguing with the monkeys.

I happily recognised that people do have time for the most importanrt things and besides I appreciatively acknowledged that they can work hard, also, but only if they really want.

One evening we met a local guy who invited us to dinner for the next day. He cooked chicken curry and told us the story of his life for ours, it was a real experience.